zammad/doc/GLOSSARY.md
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* article
A case consists of multiple articles. An article goes through a channel.
* case
All request are named case. In other systems this is also called issue, ticket, etc.
* channel
Channels are the incoming and outgoing ways where articles flow. They are assigned to groups. Channels can be e-mail, chat, twitter, etc. New channels can be added via the plugin mechanism.
* group
A group is a structure element like a container where cases are assigned to. A case can only be assigned to one group.
* organization
Organizations are used to group users. The common use case is to group the employees of a company to one organization.
* overview
Overviews are configurable lists of cases. There are system wide overviews, defined by an administrator and user defined. They are available for all roles.
* role
All permissions are role based. Access to groups are assigned to a role and also specific actions on requests depending on a users role.
* textmodule
While writing an article are textmodules available to assist the agent's work.
* user
Every persons which are used in Zammad are called person. Each person needs a minimum of one assigned role. Three roles are predefined: Administrator, Agent, Customer